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1/10/2021 Brooklyn v. Oklahoma City Game Preview

	Oklahoma City Thunder	(5-4, 5-1 away)
	Brooklyn Nets	(5-6, 4-4 home)

January 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York

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Season Series - Tied 1-1

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 10, 2021	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	129 - 116	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Jan 29, 2021	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	147 - 125	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena

2020-2021 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Oklahoma City	36	48.4	39.0	87.4	.446	12.9	38.0	.340	15.0	20.4	.735	14.6	18.2	7.7	36.6	44.3	23.0	7.1	4.2	105.9
Brooklyn	37	48.7	43.9	87.7	.500	15.3	37.7	.407	18.0	22.4	.803	14.4	19.1	8.6	35.6	44.3	27.2	6.5	5.4	121.1
OKC Opponents	36	48.4	42.2	91.5	.461	12.8	36.8	.347	14.3	18.8	.759	13.5	18.2	10.1	38.5	48.6	24.8	8.0	4.6	111.4
BRK Opponents	37	48.7	43.5	93.1	.467	12.9	35.1	.367	16.3	20.9	.780	12.3	18.6	10.1	32.4	42.5	24.8	7.8	4.4	116.1

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Jan 7, 2020	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	111 - 103	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Mar 13, 2019	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	96 - 108	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 5, 2018	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	114 - 112	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Jan 23, 2018	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	108 - 109	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 7, 2017	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	95 - 100	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Mexico City Arena
Mar 14, 2017	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	122 - 104	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Nov 18, 2016	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	105 - 124	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 24, 2016	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	106 - 116	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Nov 25, 2015	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	99 - 110	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov 21, 2014	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	94 - 92	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Nov 3, 2014	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	85 - 116	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Jan 31, 2014	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	120 - 95	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Jan 2, 2014	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	95 - 93	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 2, 2013	Brooklyn	Oklahoma City	110 - 93	Brooklyn	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 4, 2012	Oklahoma City	Brooklyn	117 - 111	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Barclays Center
Jan 21, 2012	Oklahoma City	New Jersey	84 - 74	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Prudential Center
Dec 29, 2010	New Jersey	Oklahoma City	93 - 114	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 1, 2010	Oklahoma City	New Jersey	123 - 120	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Prudential Center
Mar 12, 2010	New Jersey	Oklahoma City	102 - 104	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Dec 28, 2009	Oklahoma City	New Jersey	105 - 89	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 26, 2009	New Jersey	Oklahoma City	85 - 94	Oklahoma City	Regular Season	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Jan 12, 2009	Oklahoma City	New Jersey	99 - 103	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 9, 2008	Seattle	New Jersey	88 - 99	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 23, 2007	New Jersey	Seattle	98 - 93	New Jersey	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 20, 2006	New Jersey	Seattle	87 - 99	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 13, 2006	Seattle	New Jersey	119 - 113	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 28, 2006	New Jersey	Seattle	104 - 113	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 15, 2005	Seattle	New Jersey	99 - 109	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 26, 2004	New Jersey	Seattle	79 - 92	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 17, 2004	Seattle	New Jersey	79 - 68	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 9, 2003	Seattle	New Jersey	88 - 101	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 25, 2003	New Jersey	Seattle	93 - 70	New Jersey	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 3, 2003	Seattle	New Jersey	108 - 109	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 1, 2002	New Jersey	Seattle	95 - 96	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Mar 9, 2002	New Jersey	Seattle	90 - 96	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 8, 2001	Seattle	New Jersey	94 - 106	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 27, 2001	New Jersey	Seattle	97 - 106	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 11, 2000	Seattle	New Jersey	91 - 126	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 26, 2000	New Jersey	Seattle	92 - 95	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 15, 1999	Seattle	New Jersey	100 - 92	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Apr 16, 1999	New Jersey	Seattle	121 - 91	New Jersey	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 1, 1998	New Jersey	Seattle	87 - 97	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Dec 3, 1997	Seattle	New Jersey	93 - 89	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 7, 1997	New Jersey	Seattle	90 - 109	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Dec 11, 1996	Seattle	New Jersey	101 - 110	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Mar 2, 1996	Seattle	New Jersey	103 - 92	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 30, 1996	New Jersey	Seattle	88 - 97	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Nov 22, 1994	New Jersey	Seattle	97 - 104	Seattle	Regular Season	Tacoma Dome
Nov 15, 1994	Seattle	New Jersey	106 - 112	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 1, 1994	Seattle	New Jersey	103 - 104	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 27, 1994	New Jersey	Seattle	92 - 102	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 4, 1993	Seattle	New Jersey	103 - 113	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 24, 1992	New Jersey	Seattle	97 - 103	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Mar 7, 1992	New Jersey	Seattle	98 - 109	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 5, 1992	Seattle	New Jersey	95 - 85	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 4, 1990	Seattle	New Jersey	102 - 106	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 20, 1990	New Jersey	Seattle	88 - 105	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 15, 1990	Seattle	New Jersey	103 - 92	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 21, 1989	New Jersey	Seattle	84 - 114	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 7, 1989	Seattle	New Jersey	99 - 109	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 31, 1989	New Jersey	Seattle	118 - 112	New Jersey	Regular Season	KeyArena
Mar 13, 1988	New Jersey	Seattle	102 - 115	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 20, 1988	Seattle	New Jersey	113 - 101	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Feb 2, 1987	New Jersey	Seattle	100 - 108	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Jan 23, 1987	Seattle	New Jersey	125 - 120	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 30, 1986	Seattle	New Jersey	89 - 82	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Jan 25, 1986	New Jersey	Seattle	99 - 106	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena
Mar 6, 1985	Seattle	New Jersey	108 - 129	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 18, 1984	New Jersey	Seattle	102 - 97	New Jersey	Regular Season	Kingdome
Mar 11, 1984	Seattle	New Jersey	105 - 106	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Dec 16, 1983	New Jersey	Seattle	106 - 110	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Jan 23, 1983	Seattle	New Jersey	102 - 105	New Jersey	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 21, 1982	New Jersey	Seattle	111 - 91	New Jersey	Regular Season	Kingdome
Mar 14, 1982	Seattle	New Jersey	98 - 97	Seattle	Regular Season	Izod Center
Nov 22, 1981	New Jersey	Seattle	92 - 109	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Jan 21, 1981	Seattle	New Jersey	122 - 126	New Jersey	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Nov 30, 1980	New Jersey	Seattle	89 - 113	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Feb 10, 1980	Seattle	New Jersey	122 - 107	Seattle	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Dec 19, 1979	New Jersey	Seattle	122 - 114	New Jersey	Regular Season	Kingdome
Mar 9, 1979	Seattle	New Jersey	108 - 100	Seattle	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Feb 1, 1979	New Jersey	Seattle	102 - 107	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Nov 29, 1978	New Jersey	Seattle	111 - 125	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Nov 3, 1978	Seattle	New Jersey	102 - 81	Seattle	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Feb 22, 1978	Seattle	New Jersey	94 - 83	Seattle	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Feb 16, 1978	Seattle	New Jersey	92 - 101	New Jersey	Regular Season	Louis Brown Athletic Center
Jan 27, 1978	New Jersey	Seattle	90 - 95	Seattle	Regular Season	Kingdome
Nov 27, 1977	New Jersey	Seattle	99 - 96	New Jersey	Regular Season	Kingdome
Apr 5, 1977	New York	Seattle	88 - 86	New York	Regular Season	KeyArena
Feb 18, 1977	Seattle	New York	93 - 88	Seattle	Regular Season	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Dec 29, 1976	Seattle	New York	102 - 96	Seattle	Regular Season	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Oct 24, 1976	New York	Seattle	93 - 104	Seattle	Regular Season	KeyArena

2020-2021 Oklahoma City Thunder Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	T. Maledon	S. Gilgeous-Alexander	L. Dort	D. Bazley	A. Horford
Rotation	G. Hill	H. Diallo	K. Williams	I. Roby	M. Muscala
Rotation	T. Jerome		J. Jackson	A. Pokusevski
Lim PT		D. Miller	T. Ariza	J. Hall	M. Brown

2020-2021 Brooklyn Nets Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	K. Irving	J. Harden	B. Brown, Jr.	J. Harris	D. Jordan
Rotation	L. Shamet	S. Dinwiddie	T. Luwawu-Cabarrot	K. Durant	N. Claxton
Rotation		T. Johnson		J. Green	R. Perry
Rotation				A. Roberson
Lim PT	C. Chiozza		I. Shumpert

Oklahoma City Thunder Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
8	Trevor Ariza	SF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	Darius Bazley	PF	36	30.7	4.4	11.2	.392	1.5	5.2	.290	1.6	2.2	.704	1.8	0.9	0.6	6.9	7.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	11.9
4	Moses Brown	C	7	4.5	1.0	1.4	.700	0.0	0.0	.000	1.0	2.0	.500	0.1	0.6	0.6	1.6	2.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	3.0
6	Hamidou Diallo	SG	32	23.8	4.5	9.3	.481	0.4	1.3	.293	2.6	4.1	.629	1.5	2.6	1.2	4.0	5.2	2.4	1.0	0.4	11.9
5	Luguentz Dort	PG	35	29.7	4.3	11.0	.388	1.9	6.0	.325	1.9	2.5	.750	1.5	2.4	0.7	2.8	3.5	1.5	0.9	0.3	12.3
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	PG	30	34.0	8.0	15.6	.511	2.0	4.9	.412	5.3	6.6	.794	2.9	2.0	0.6	4.5	5.1	6.2	0.8	0.7	23.2
15	Josh Hall	F	7	7.3	0.6	2.6	.222	0.1	1.1	.125	0.4	1.0	.429	0.6	1.0	0.1	1.1	1.3	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.7
3	George Hill	G	14	26.3	4.4	8.6	.508	1.6	4.1	.386	1.5	1.8	.840	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.5	2.1	3.1	0.9	0.1	11.8
42	Al Horford	FC	24	28.2	5.8	13.0	.442	2.0	5.5	.356	0.6	0.8	.778	1.1	1.8	1.0	5.7	6.7	3.5	0.9	0.9	14.0
44	Justin Jackson	F	25	16.2	2.4	6.0	.409	0.9	3.2	.291	0.6	0.8	.800	1.0	1.0	0.4	1.9	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.0	6.4
10	Ty Jerome	PG	4	24.9	3.8	7.5	.500	1.8	4.8	.368	0.0	0.0	.000	0.5	3.5	0.8	2.0	2.8	3.2	0.8	0.0	9.2
11	Theo Maledon	PG	31	25.7	2.8	7.0	.394	1.5	4.1	.354	0.8	1.0	.750	1.8	2.2	0.2	2.7	3.0	3.3	1.0	0.1	7.8
12	Darius Miller	GF	12	9.2	0.9	2.0	.458	0.8	1.8	.429	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.4	0.8	0.1	1.2	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.3	2.8
33	Mike Muscala	FC	34	18.6	3.4	7.7	.441	2.0	5.4	.368	0.9	1.0	.914	0.6	1.6	0.6	3.2	3.8	0.8	0.2	0.3	9.7
17	Aleksej Pokusevski	C	17	17.4	1.4	5.5	.247	0.6	3.3	.179	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	0.9	0.3	3.2	3.5	1.2	0.5	1.1	3.3
9	Isaiah Roby	SF	30	21.3	3.3	6.3	.521	0.6	1.8	.340	1.4	1.9	.724	1.3	2.7	1.5	3.9	5.4	1.8	0.8	0.6	8.6
34	Kenrich Williams	SF	36	18.9	2.6	4.7	.554	0.6	1.4	.420	0.4	0.7	.625	0.9	1.8	1.3	2.7	4.0	1.6	0.8	0.2	6.2

Brooklyn Nets Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TOV	PF	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
31	Jarrett Allen	C	12	26.6	3.7	5.4	.677	0.0	0.0	.000	3.8	5.1	.754	1.8	1.8	3.2	7.2	10.4	1.7	0.6	1.6	11.2
1	Bruce Brown, Jr.	SG	33	21.2	3.6	6.1	.590	0.3	1.0	.273	1.2	1.6	.717	0.8	2.1	1.5	3.1	4.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	8.6
4	Chris Chiozza	PG	15	9.1	1.1	3.1	.362	0.6	1.5	.391	0.7	0.9	.769	0.7	0.7	0.2	0.9	1.1	2.4	0.3	0.3	3.5
33	Nicolas Claxton	C	5	15.1	4.0	5.8	.690	0.0	0.2	.000	2.0	2.8	.714	0.4	1.6	0.8	2.6	3.4	1.0	1.0	1.4	10.0
26	Spencer Dinwiddie	PG	3	21.4	2.0	5.3	.375	0.7	2.3	.286	2.0	2.0	1.000	1.7	1.3	0.0	4.3	4.3	3.0	0.7	0.3	6.7
7	Kevin Durant	SF	19	35.8	9.9	18.9	.524	2.6	5.9	.434	6.6	7.6	.869	3.5	2.3	0.4	6.9	7.3	5.3	0.7	1.4	29.0
8	Jeff Green	F	33	26.4	3.4	6.8	.507	1.5	3.5	.422	1.2	1.5	.796	0.8	1.9	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.4	0.7	0.2	9.5
12	Joe Harris	SG	37	30.9	5.4	10.2	.530	3.4	6.7	.506	0.6	0.8	.700	0.8	2.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	1.8	0.5	0.2	14.8
11	Kyrie Irving	G	26	35.5	10.3	20.3	.510	2.9	7.1	.411	3.6	4.1	.887	2.3	2.8	1.2	3.6	4.8	6.0	1.1	0.6	27.2
10	Tyler Johnson	G	18	13.9	1.6	4.0	.389	1.2	2.8	.412	0.4	0.4	1.000	0.3	0.7	0.2	1.5	1.7	0.9	0.3	0.0	4.7
6	DeAndre Jordan	C	35	22.8	3.3	4.3	.762	0.0	0.0	.000	0.8	1.6	.518	1.7	2.2	1.8	5.7	7.5	1.9	0.3	1.5	7.4
00	Rodions Kurucs	SF	5	3.2	0.2	0.6	.333	0.2	0.4	.500	0.0	0.0	.000	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.6
22	Caris LeVert	G	12	27.8	7.2	16.7	.435	1.8	5.2	.349	2.2	2.8	.765	2.2	1.7	0.8	3.5	4.3	6.0	1.1	0.5	18.5
9	Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	F	34	19.7	2.5	6.5	.389	1.6	4.3	.363	0.6	0.8	.769	0.7	1.9	0.5	1.8	2.4	1.3	0.7	0.1	7.2
14	Reggie Perry	F	14	10.5	1.5	3.6	.412	0.1	0.9	.167	0.4	0.6	.667	0.8	1.9	1.2	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.1	0.4	3.6
2	Taurean Prince	F	12	18.1	2.5	6.2	.405	1.1	3.1	.351	2.0	2.2	.889	0.9	1.8	0.2	2.7	2.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	8.1
13	Landry Shamet	PG	33	19.7	2.5	6.5	.384	1.8	4.9	.358	1.0	1.2	.868	0.8	1.3	0.2	1.7	1.8	1.1	0.5	0.2	7.8

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